Effects of bracing in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 369, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 1512-1521

  Weinstein, Stuart L ^a   Dolan, Lori A ^a   Wright, James G ^b   Dobbs, Matthew B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; AGE; ARTICLE; BRACE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 84885803464     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1307337     Document Type: Article

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